In fact, it is the outcome of the draw that has been met with widespread disapproval, the European football-watching public at large apparently having decided that none of the eight two-legged ties will be worth watching because the reigning champions Manchester City will only have to face FC Copenhagen, while the ice-cold ball containing the name of Paris Saint-Germain was paired with the sizzling hot one of Real Sociedad.Īfter all, it’s not as if the Danish champions provided much in the way of entertainment while helping to eliminate Manchester United in the group stages. No, this Uefa draw was much the same as any other, insofar as it will not live long in the memory of those who slept through it in Nyon, was needlessly convoluted and took place in a room full of besuited middle-aged and elderly club dignitaries and liggers with rumbling tummies, all eager to dispense with the formalities of the day before being seated for a gluttonous lunch in the dining room of Uefa HQ.
